I have the pleasure and honor to announce that version 6.0.3 of F5's SSL VPN, FirePass, has been released! This version of FirePass includes a plethora of enhancements included new client support (Vista SP1, XP SP3, and Firefox 3 on Windows, Mac, and Linux) as well as support for the iPhone and Windows Mobile devices. 

About F5 FirePass:

FirePass is a robust, secure SSL VPN providing remote access to business applications from a wide range of client devices, including Windows Mobile devices and the Apple iPhone. Using full-tunnel SSL technology and client access policies defined by system administrators, remote clients can log on to corporate business applications under pre-defined access permissions and client directory control.

Release highlights:

• An industry first integration of a Group Policy enforcement feature that enables our customers to extend Active Directory Group Policy to non-domain endpoints when they are connected to the VPN. Allows enforcement of HIPAA, PCI, and GLBA.
• Improved support for popular mobile devices such as the iPhone and Windows Mobile devices. iPhone users can sync their email, calendar and contacts directly to the corporate MS Exchange server via FirePass and the ActiveSync protocol.
• New and Improved split tunnel support for non-Microsoft users is provided via our Java client technology. Users of these machines now can also benefit from Terminal Services with Java enabled Terminal Services.
• Support for nested directories with MS Active Directory.
• Authentication Session Variables allow the provisioning of Single Single On (SSO).

There is great news in FirePass v6.0.3 for administrators and end-users alike. Here are some of the enhancements you will find in the release:

• Group Policy Enforcement through integration with Full Armor GP Anywhere
• Ability to import and export pre-logon sequence between FirePass Controllers
• Ability to auto update the Standalone client
• DHCP Relay and Dynamic DNS
• DNS Caching Proxy
• Support for static Java-based Application Tunnels and Terminal Services
• Refreshed client support to include: Vista SP1, XP SP3, and FireFox 3 (on Windows, Mac, and Linux)
• New SSL VPN network access client for Mac OSX and Linux
• Extended variables support for LDAP, Active Directory, pre-logon, and RADIUS attributes for user's single sign-on (SSO) values
• Enhanced password support for Active Directory users
• Support for nested user groups during Active Directory authentication
• Enhanced session variables created from RADIUS attributes

The full press-release is available here.